Northwoods Waterloo Bucks

Six Bucks Taken on Day 2 of the Draft

Published on June 6, 2012 under Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Waterloo Bucks News Release


Waterloo, IA- Five former Bucks and one current Buck were selected on the second day of the MLB First Year Player Draft on Tuesday.

The first Buck selected was the lone current Buck selected, 3B Cameron Perkins, selected in the 6th round with the 218th overall pick by the Philadelphia Phillies. Perkins, from the University of Purdue, has not played for the Bucks yet this year with Purdue just finishing play this season. At Purdue, Perkins hit .355 with nine homers and 65 RBIs in 2012. Last season for the Bucks, Perkins hit .344 with 10 homers, 46 RBIs, and 13 stolen bases, all team highs.

Next, former Buck Dakota Bacus was taken in the 9th round with the 289th overall pick by the Oakland Athletics. Bacus played for the Bucks last season, going 2-1 in 15 appearances, four of them starts. He put up a 4.39 ERA with 19 strikeouts in 26.2 innings pitched. For Indiana State in 2012, Bacus went 7-4 in 16 starts with a 2.70 ERA and 89 strikeouts.

The next Buck selected was former shortstop Joel Hutter, taken with the 312th pick of the 10th round by Baltimore. Hutter attended Dallas Baptist University, where this last season he hit .338 with 11 homers and 72 RBIs, the most on his team. Hutter played for the Bucks last season, hitting .236 with 2 homers and 18 RBIs.

In the 12th round with the 383rd pick, former Buck catcher Jeremy Lucas was taken by the Cleveland Indians. With Indiana State this last season, Lucas led his team with a .345 batting average, hitting nine homers with 52 RBIs. He also slugged .540. Lucas played for the Bucks over the 2010-2011 season. Over that time, he hit .294 with five homers and 49 RBIs, while also having an impressive on-base percentage of .405.

With the 438th pick in the 14th round, the Colorado Rockies took former Buck, RHP Shane Broyles. Broyles attended Texas Tech University, where this last season he started five games and made 18 relief appearances, going 2-2 with a 4.42 ERA. For the Bucks last season, Broyles went 2-4 in eight starts, putting up a 4.6 ERA and 54 strikeouts in just 47 innings pitched.

The last Buck selected was former RHP Zach Cooper, in the 15th round with the 488th pick by the Philadelphia Phillies. This last season for Central Michigan, Cooper put up a 2.82 ERA, low on the team, with a 7-5 record. He also had 98 strikeouts in 108.1 innings pitched. While playing for the Bucks in the 2009-2010 seasons, Cooper went 4-8 with a 5.56 ERA and 79 strikeouts in 79.1 innings pitched.

We wish all these Bucks the best of the luck as they continue their baseball careers in the pros.

The Bucks are starting a three game set at Willmar today and will be home again this Saturday as they take on the Duluth Huskies. First pitched is scheduled for 6:35 pm.

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